The Global Women's Health Index found that women's preventive health care is low and ranked countries based on several factors.
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Austria is the top country in Europe for women's health and ranks third in a global index, according to a new report.
In 2017, the country launched an action plan containing 40 measures specific to women's health.
Germany, Denmark, Poland and the Czech Republic were the other EU countries in the world's top 10 for women's health.
This marks the third year that Hologic has published its Women's Health Index. The survey surveyed more than 147,000 participants from 143 countries and territories. Data was collected in 2022 and analyzed in 2023.
The index takes into account criteria such as access to healthcare, mental health and food security.
But overall, the report found that women's health is in a state of emergency, stating that “women's situation is better today than it was in the first year of the study, conducted at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.” “It hasn't happened.” .
Alarming statistics have revealed that one in four women has a health problem that prevents them from normal activities.
UK women report feeling worse compared to EU countries
Research shows that women in the UK report feeling sadder, more angry and more stressed than women in the EU.
The data showed that 32 percent of British women reported feeling sad, compared with 26 percent of women in EU countries, and around 39 percent had felt stressed in the previous day, compared with 34 percent in EU countries.
“We need to make a lot of progress when it comes to preventive care in the UK,” Janet Lindsay, CEO of Wellbeing of Women, told Euronews Health.
“There are still huge health disparities between men and women. I think for a long time, health care for women and girls has played a secondary role,” she added.
The UK was ranked 37th out of 143 countries included in the index.
Preventive medicine to combat the “big killers”
The report shows that almost half of women in the EU
While having a blood pressure test in the past 12 months, one in five women say they have had a cancer test.
Regarding diabetes, 24 percent of women reported being tested for diabetes during the same period. Britain's scores are about the same.
Less than 1 in 10 women have been tested for sexually transmitted infections and sexually transmitted infections, which are risk factors for HIV, cancer, and infertility. In the UK, it is 1 in 20 people.
“When it comes to fighting diseases such as heart disease, dementia and diabetes, which are major factors that can cause long-term debilitation, it is critical that women and girls have access to tests and screenings,” Lindsay said. He said and added: Paying attention to women's health is beneficial to the economy and society.
What can you do?
“We need to spend more money on women's health research and use that money to innovate not only treatments but diagnostics and prevention,” she said.
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There is growing recognition of the need for more research and resources specific to women's specific health issues, such as menstruation and menopause.
But femtech, the technology that addresses women's health, has attracted just 2% of the venture funding allocated to the healthcare industry as a whole, according to consulting firm Deloitte.
